single gular lappet versus two wattles...

[Darth Egger]

does anybody know which is dominant?

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! I don't know except what I've seen in my crosses and what I was told when I'd asked about that in the Naked Neck thread. It's more obvious on a NN bird. I never notice it on my bearded/muffed birds unless they drop their beards while molting, and then it's quite obvious --- but forget to ask about it.
I was told 'beard' is dominant, and bearded birds tend to have dewlap {*single gular lappet* (new term to me)} rather than proper wattles.
I hope someone that knows how it works better than I can explain it.

Lisa

 

[awesomefowl]

Chickens can have dewlaps?????!?! photos please!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Hi! This blue boy has dewlap, no wattles:

One sibling has proper wattles, no dewlap:

Another sib has small wattles AND a dewlap:

 

[Illia]

Such dewlap is often found on rare breeds of Oriental Gamefowl, too. Not sure of the dominance in it though.

And then of course Brahmas also have a good sized dewlap, but nothing like mentioned.

 

[Darth Egger]

Easter Eggers, Araucana(?) and Quechua have the single "Janet Reno" dewlap.

Does anybody have F1 Olive Eggers and happen to know which type of wattles they have? I don't have any F1s currently, I'm working on B2s.

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

I have a NN Green egger hen that I hatched from Dipsy that has a single dewlap. First time I'd seen one. Thought I was seeing things. lol Now I just think she's pretty cool.